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The Maltese Falcon is widely credited with establishing hard-boiled detective fiction as a literary genre. the novel is distinguished by Hammett's spare, objective writing style. Based on the evidence of its consistent ranking on lists of the greatest crime novels of all time, The Maltese Falcon continues to set the standard for modern detective fiction.
Featured Article: Audible Essentials—The Top 100 Screen Adaptations of All Time
As the category of great page-to-screen storytelling continues to grow, we scoured our libraries, grilled audiophiles and cinephiles, and vetted the entire Audible catalog for the 100 greatest screen adaptations for watchers and listeners alike. These are the stories that inspired some of the greatest on-screen stories of all time, from Academy Award winners and cult classics to must-see TV. They're well worth the price of admission.
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The Maltese Falcon
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Laura Gardner, Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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The Maltese Falcon first appeared in the pages of Black Mask magazine in 1929. Almost immediately it was acknowledged as not only a great crime novel but an enduring masterpiece of American fiction.
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The Maltese Falcon
- Narrated by: Laura Gardner, Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Herrmann, Burt Ross, Michael Saad, Armin Shimerman, Tom Towles, Keith Szarabajka
- Series: The Maltese Falcon, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 01-06-26
- Language: English
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The 20th Century Modern Classics Collection: 1900-1950 - 19 Stories From F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, William Faulkner, Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy L. Sayers, Virginia Woolf, & More
- A Farewell to Arms; The Sound and the Fury; Red Harvest; The Mysterious Affair at Styles; The Souls of Black Folk; The Great Gatsby; Whose Body?; The Age of Innocence; Mrs. Dalloway; The Bridge of San Luis Rey; & More
- By: Ernest Hemingway, Agatha Christie, P. G. Wodehouse, and others
- Narrated by: Adam Sims, Nathan Osgood, Jonathan Keeble, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
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From mystery and crime to romance and tragedy, in this collection you will discover award-winning writing that effortlessly spans genre and style.
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The 20th Century Modern Classics Collection: 1900-1950 - 19 Stories From F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, William Faulkner, Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy L. Sayers, Virginia Woolf, & More
- A Farewell to Arms; The Sound and the Fury; Red Harvest; The Mysterious Affair at Styles; The Souls of Black Folk; The Great Gatsby; Whose Body?; The Age of Innocence; Mrs. Dalloway; The Bridge of San Luis Rey; & More
- Narrated by: Adam Sims, Nathan Osgood, Jonathan Keeble, David Rintoul, Robert G Slde
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 08-21-25
- Language: English
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Suspense: Fear & Trembling
- By: John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Peter Lorre, Lou Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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From the very beginning of its two-decade run on radio, Suspense was tops in thriller entertainment! Its first year on the air brought together stories from such outstanding masters of the genre as John Dickson Carr....
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not a book, but still a great listen!
- By Jed W. on 10-13-19
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Suspense: Fear & Trembling
- Narrated by: Peter Lorre, Lou Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, Alice Frost, Old Time Radio
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 06-17-19
- Language: English
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The Hunter and Other Stories
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Ray Chase, Stephen Bowlby, Brian Holsopple, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Dashiell Hammett is best known as both pioneer and master of American hard-boiled detective fiction, but these dozen and a half stories both affirm that reputation and present him in a different light....
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Not Just A Crime Writer
- By Joshua on 07-12-14
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The Hunter and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Ray Chase, Stephen Bowlby, Brian Holsopple, Donna Postel
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-05-13
- Language: English
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Red Harvest
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Harry Shaw
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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The Continental Detective Agency's Operative is sent on a case to Personville. The locals call their town "Poisonville," and the Op would soon find out why as the bodies start piling up.
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Red Harvest
- Narrated by: Harry Shaw
- Series: The Continental Op, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-05-25
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: Lawless
- By: Dashiell Hammett, William Spier
- Narrated by: Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, Stephen Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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No bigger fad swept across postwar radio than that of the hard-boiled private detective - and nobody had more fun with their wink-and-nudge take on the genre than the producers....
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One of the best Radio Detectives
- By Xena on 03-26-17
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: Lawless
- Narrated by: Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, Stephen Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-23-15
- Language: English
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The Assistant Murderer
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Christopher Strong
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among his enduring characters is P. I. Rush, introduced in this book, who is ugly, mean, and "works for pay."...
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rather lackluster narration may have spoiled it
- By Darryl on 07-23-13
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The Assistant Murderer
- Narrated by: Christopher Strong
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 04-26-13
- Language: English
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The Thin Man
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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The Thin Man introduces Nick and Nora Charles, New York's coolest crime-solving couple. Nick retired from detecting after his wife inherited a tidy sum, but a pretty blonde spies him at a speakeasy and asks for his help finding her father, an eccentric inventor....
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RECORDING IS DEFECTIVE! MISSING SEVEN CHAPTERS!
- By David on 01-08-13
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The Thin Man
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Series: The Thin Man, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 11-11-08
- Language: English
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The Continental Op Casebook, Vol. 1
- Book 1 in the Continental Op Stories Series
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Gary D. MacFadden
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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This collection contains nine early stories featuring the Continental Op, an un-named middle-aged detective working for the San Francisco branch of the fictional Continental Detective Agency.
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The Continental Op Casebook, Vol. 1
- Book 1 in the Continental Op Stories Series
- Narrated by: Gary D. MacFadden
- Series: The Continental Op
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-25-25
- Language: English
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Red Harvest
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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When the last honest citizen of Poisonville was murdered, the Continental Op stayed on to punish the guilty--even if that meant taking on an entire town....
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Great story, great narration, terrible reccording
- By yep on 08-21-14
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Red Harvest
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Series: The Continental Op, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 07-12-11
- Language: English
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The Maltese Falcon
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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A story about privacy and its importance for happiness and personal fulfillment.
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Great read, poor reader.
- By C. R. Marshall on 06-05-25
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The Maltese Falcon
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 03-14-25
- Language: English
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Audio Archive Presents Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man'
- A LUX Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Bill Mills
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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William Powell and Myrna Loy reprise their roles as Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated lovers at the heart of Dashiell Hammett's immortal romantic-mystery masterpiece....
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I still love the thin man!
- By Donna on 02-06-12
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Audio Archive Presents Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man'
- A LUX Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary
- Narrated by: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Bill Mills
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-24-09
- Language: English
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Honest Gain
- Dicey Cases of the Continental Op
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Alison Belle Bews, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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The Continental Op is back on the case, tracking down thieves and murderers from the steep streets of San Francisco to the rough and tumble Wild West in Arizona....
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Honest Gain
- By Maurice Yves on 06-05-25
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Honest Gain
- Dicey Cases of the Continental Op
- Narrated by: Alison Belle Bews, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-14-23
- Language: English
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Return of the Thin Man
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Nicola Barber, Scott Brick
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and The Thin Man was Hammett’s last - and most successful - novel....
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Interesting change
- By Linda on 06-17-13
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Return of the Thin Man
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Nicola Barber, Scott Brick
- Series: The Thin Man, Book 2-3
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 10-31-12
- Language: English
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Red Harvest
- The Continental Op, Book 1
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Red Harvest is a hardboiled classic that set the standard for gritty, no-nonsense crime fiction. Written by Dashiell Hammett, this explosive novel follows an unnamed detective—referred to only as “The Continental Op”—as he arrives in a corrupt industrial town known as “Poisonville.
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Red Harvest
- The Continental Op, Book 1
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Series: The Continental Op, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 03-26-25
- Language: English
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Selected Shorts
- Whodunit?
- By: C. S. Montanye, Dashiell Hammett, Ed McBain, and others
- Narrated by: Fionnula Flanagan, John Shea, Isaiah Sheffer, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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A dashing lineup of elegant crime tales and gritty hardboiled detective stories, alternately menacing and cozy, with two exotic locales, and murder in the mix....
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This is My Kinda Fiction Buster...
- By HIYBRID on 03-18-12
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- Whodunit?
- Narrated by: Fionnula Flanagan, John Shea, Isaiah Sheffer, Robert Sean Leonard, René Auberjonois, Hattie Winston
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 02-24-09
- Language: English
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Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon & Other Adventures
- A BBC Radio Collection
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Connie Booth, full cast, Jane Lapotaire, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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The godfather of the hard-boiled detective novel, Dashiell Hammett is widely acknowledged as one of America's greatest mystery writers. This collection brings together the BBC radio adaptations of his works for the first time....
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Great!
- By Rosalinda Torres on 05-11-23
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Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon & Other Adventures
- A BBC Radio Collection
- Narrated by: Connie Booth, full cast, Jane Lapotaire, Stuart Milligan, Tom Wilkinson, William Hootkins
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 01-28-21
- Language: English
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The Lost Generation Collection: 15 Novels, Stories and Poetry from Hemingway, Faulkner, Cummings, Fitzgerald, Hammett, Joyce, & Many More
- A Farewell to Arms, All Quiet on the Western Front, As I Lay Dying, The Great Gatsby, The Maltese Falcon, The Waste Land, & Much More
- By: Ernest Hemingway, Dashiell Hammett, Erich Maria Remarque, and others
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood, David Rintoul, Adam Sims, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
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The Lost Generation Collection is a powerful anthology of literature and poetry that captures the angst and introspection of the post-World War I era. These works explore the depths of human suffering, identity, and transformation, showcasing some of the most profound voices of the 20th century.
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The Lost Generation Collection: 15 Novels, Stories and Poetry from Hemingway, Faulkner, Cummings, Fitzgerald, Hammett, Joyce, & Many More
- A Farewell to Arms, All Quiet on the Western Front, As I Lay Dying, The Great Gatsby, The Maltese Falcon, The Waste Land, & Much More
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood, David Rintoul, Adam Sims, Nicholas Boulton, full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 03-16-26
- Language: English
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Best Cases of the Continental Op
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Alison Belle Bews, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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The Op walks, stalks, and runs down the steep streets of San Francisco to solve crimes of blackmail, murder, stolen identities, and arson, and each story contains so many twists and turns you’ll be hooked until the very (surprising) end....
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Great read, and reading
- By JD DC on 10-13-22
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Best Cases of the Continental Op
- Narrated by: Alison Belle Bews, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-19-22
- Language: English
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Red Harvest
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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An epic Wild West detective story as a group is hired to clean up a corrupt town. A model for many later Westerns & Detective stories.
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In this case, the "Red" is for embarrassment
- By Michael Sragow on 06-07-25
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Red Harvest
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Series: The Continental Op, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 03-17-25
- Language: English
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